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W. J. MARCH.

I DUMPING GAR. No. 312,282. Patented Feb. 17, 1885.

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\VILLIA M J. MARCH, OF BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JUANG. RIBON.

DUMPING=CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,232, dated February17, 1885.

Application filed September 8, 188-1. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. hIAR-CH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping -\Vagons, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure 1represents a side elevation, Fig. 2 an end elevation, and Fig. 3 a planview, of a wagon embodying my improvements. Figs. l and 5 are detachedand enlarged views of a locking attachment for retaining the body in itsupright position.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in theseveral figures.

My invention relates to (lumping wagons or cars used in constructing andballasting railroads, excavating and filling in, for carrying ores, &c.;and it consists in certain improvements in the operative parts, whichwill be hereinafter particularly referred to, and wherein simplicity,strength, durability, and cost are especially considered, and wherebythe body may be gradually and thoroughly tipped in discharging itscontents and returned and secured to its upright position.

In order that others may understand and use my invention, I will firstproceed to describe the same in its details of construction, andsubsequently to point out in the claims its novel features.

In the drawings, a represents the body; I), the wagon or car platform,0, standards secured to the platform for supporting the body a. Thestandards 0 are located adjacent to the opposite ends of the body a, andbolted through their base-flanges to the projecting top plate of theplatform of the car, as shown in Fig. 1. The top or bearing surface ofthe standards are made in the form of a segment ,of a circle, andprovided with spur-teeth e, I

that engage with teeth (1 upon a correspond ing segment fixture, 7i,bolted to the body a. The fixture h is constructed with depending sideflanges, g, that inclose the teeth of the standard 0 and operate as aguide to maintain the parts in line engagement, as shown in Figs. 1, 2,and at. The standards 0 and fixtures it may be made of cast metal,either in plate or skeleton form, and, if desired, provided withdiverging strengthening-ribs, as shown. To one or both ends of the bodya a stop fixture, m, is centrally secured near the bottom. This stop iscomposed of a plate of metal with side flanges bent at a right angle andbolted immediately to the body a.

It represents a cam-lever pivoted to a bracket, 02, that is centrallybolted to the platform I), in line with the stop at, and at suchdistance therefrom as to allow its cam portion to enter between itsflanges when the lever is placed in the position shown in Fig. 4, whichlooks and retains the body a in its upright position. In the reverseposition of the lever is the cam portion is thrown out of engagementwith the flanges of the stop m, which permits the body a to be tipped toeither side, as desired, in discharging, its contents, the,preponderance of the load being above its line of bearing, fa eilitatingthe operation. The body a may be tipped to either side of the platformI) to a position indicated by the dotted lines, Fig. 2, when itsmovement will be arrested by the engagement of the stop 21 with theprojecting I flange of the platform I).

Heretofore in this class of devices the frame work for holding anddirecting the body in the operation of tipping has been rigidlyconnected with the platform of the ear and provided with recesses thatengage with project-- ing studs or trunnions secured to the body atseparated points in its movements. Such construction and arrangement ofthe respective parts is-not only more expensive to make and apply thanthe alternative device employed in my invention, but is required tosustain the transferred weight at each separated fixture or point ofsupport, while in my device the weight is carried and supported byacontinuous bearing constructed in a single piece, of greater strength ofattachment, and less costly to manufacture or liable to displacement.

Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim- 1. A wagon or carplatform having fixed 2. In a dumping wagon or car having a tiltingbody, a locking attachment for securing the body in its uprightposition, consisting of a pivoted cam-lever and stop-plate, constructedand arranged to operate substantially as described.

VILLIAM J. MARCH.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES W. FORBES, J. S. CALDWELL.

